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Will Max play like poo on my Matrox G400

OK, the drool in my keyboard is now overflowing into my lap and I'm in danger of dehydration if I continue reading this forum any more! I want Max Payne, but can anyone tell me if it's going to be really crappy to play on my system:

It's fine for UT/Deus Ex/NFSIV etc. at 1024x768, can I expect similar performance at this res from Max Payne? Or should I wait until Xmas when I upgrade to a GF3/Athlon/DDR system and buy it then to get the full effect? Basically, does the game only get 9+/10 becasue it looks sweet with all the bullet-time effects and that, or will gameplay and stories suffice to keep me happy on my lowly rig?

Bennyboy

If you've got your money for nothing, who cares if the chicks are free!

Notes: There may be certain issues with specific settings with the above accelerators. Please refer to the Troubleshooting section for more details. Most above 3D accelerators will not run satisfactorily on maximum detail level settings.

The following unsupported 3D Accelerators may work with Max Payne, but all game visuals may not be correct and performance may be unsatisfactory:

3dfx Voodoo2
3dfx Voodoo Banshee
Intel i810
Matrox G200
The following unsupported 3D accelerators do not work with Max Payne:

Nice to see that it runs capably on older systems, kinda adds fuel to the fire of the old 'why do I need a GF3 when games are designed to please the majority' debate. I still want a GF3, but I'm happy that I don't get excluded from the gaming community because I don't have one. Life is good again.

Bugger, work is going to take a serious backseat in the immediate future. I work from home, it's times like this when I realise what a bad decision it is to share a working/gaming environment. Oh well .

Thanks again,

Bennyboy.

If you've got your money for nothing, who cares if the chicks are free!

Good call silent_bob, you're right, the worst I can do is look at the pretty box on my shelf for a few months!

As for Deus Ex running 'fine', it's a very subjective thing, 60fps is nice, but I don't need it to hide behind pillars and snipe walking guards, resolution and colour depth are what I decided to go for instead (not that I exactly had a choice about the frame rate with this old card ). Hand to hand combat in complex scenes is admittedly choppy, I suppose it depends how you like to play.

Sorry to hear about the CD issues, hope I don't run into them too . Hope you get it sorted soon.

Have fun folks,

Bennyboy.

If you've got your money for nothing, who cares if the chicks are free!